Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the minister and his staff for coming to the committee.
I'm going to focus my question on the key issue, a policy issue that will impact the immigration levels numbers, and that is with respect to the government policy on paragraph 38(1)(c) of the IRPA. The minister will recall that he appeared before this committee and even in his own words admitted that the policy is inconsistent with Canada's values with respect to people with disabilities. The government, the minister, has been studying this issue since 2016, and to date there has been no action taken with respect to a change in policy. What is the holdup? Why is there still not a change to this critical policy that impacts people's lives in a very tangible way, often by keeping family members apart from their loved ones?
I have a number of cases before me in which people have come under the live-in caregiver program, and they have done their two years of work requirement. They made an application. The processing delay is such that they've waited five years in addition to that to get their case application processed only to find out that they're being rejected for permanent resident status because one family member has a disability.
What is the holdup and why can't changes take place?